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Author
Series
Baxter family volume 07
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In love for the first time, a son's decisions about the future divides his family in this fearless and thought-provoking novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author of the "heart-tugging and emotional" (Romantic Times Book Reviews) Baxter Family books. In the shadow of very great loss, the only way to live with passion is truly, madly, deeply. When eighteen-year-old Tommy Baxter declares to his family that he wants to be a police officer after...
Author
Publisher
Mira
Language
English
Description
Reeling from a traumatic loss, Sloane McBride returns to her childhood hometown to uncover the truth about her mother's mysterious disappearance years earlier, a mystery that is complicated by community secrets and questions about her father's innocence.
Author
Series
Manor House mystery volume 1
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime/Penguin Group (USA)
Pub. Date
c2010
Edition
Berkley Prime Crime mass-market ed.
Language
English
Description
"Everyone wants a piece of millionaire Bennett Marshfield, owner of Marshfield Manor, but now it's up to a new curator Grace Wheaton and handsome groundskeeper Jack Embers to protect dear old Marshfield. But to do this, they'll have to investigate a botched Ponzi scheme, some torrid Wheaton family secrets--and sour grapes out for revenge" -- from publisher's web site.
64) Justice for Sara
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
A decade after being acquitted for her beloved sister's murder, Katherine McCall receives chilling anonymous letters that compel her to return to her hostile hometown and team up with Detective Luke Tanner to learn the truth about what happened.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Twin boys grow up in the same family, in the same town. Dramatically different, they become bitter enemies, even as children: one good, one bad. One leaves his peaceful hometown, but when all else fails, the prodigal son returns, twenty years later. The reunion of brothers, sweet and healing at first, exposes shattering revelations of good and evil. #1 New York Times bestselling author Danielle Steel tells a brilliant, suspenseful story of suspicion,...
66) KnockOut
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Traveling with her mother to Georgia in the aftermath of her father's death, seven-year-old telepath Autumn Backman discovers her own family's murderous activities, desperately contacts FBI agent Dillon Savich, and promptly disappears.
67) Darling girls
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Physical Desc
359 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"Get ready for another twisty domestic thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of THE SOULMATE. From the outside, Alicia, Jessica and Norah might seem like ordinary women you'd meet on the street any day of the week. Sure, Jessica has a little OCD and Norah has some anger issues. And Alicia has low self-esteem that manifests itself in surprising ways. But these three have a bond that no one can fully understand. It's a bond that takes...
68) Legacy: a novel
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
326 p. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
This compelling, centuries spanning novel brilliantly interweaves the lives of two women, a writer working in the heart of modern academia and a daring young Sioux Indian on an incredible journey in the eighteenth century. The result is an unforgettable story of courage in the face of the unknown.
Brigitte Nicholson becomes hooked after she discovers a mystery in their family's past: how did a Dakota Sioux princess end up buried in Brittany as a...
70) The book of lies
Author
Language
English
Description
An unexpected meeting with his long-lost father thrusts Cal Harper into a high-stakes pursuit of an enigmatic weapon linked to a pair of murders--the killing of Cain in the Bible, and the murder that inspired the creation of the comic-book hero Superman.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"From New York Times and internationally bestselling author Isabel Allende, an exquisitely crafted love story and multigenerational epic that sweeps from San Francisco in the present-day to Poland and the United States during the Second World War. In 1939, as Poland falls under the shadow of the Nazis, young Alma Belasco's parents send her away to live in safety with an aunt and uncle in their opulent mansion in San Francisco. There, as the rest...
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
Large print edition.
Physical Desc
265 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"This is the adventure of William Tyce, a boy without parents who grows up near a river in the rural Midwest. In a glossary-style list, he imparts wisdom on subjects ranging from ASPHALT PATHS and MULLET to MORTAL BETRAYAL, NIHILISM, and REVELATION. His quest--to create a reference volume specific to his existence--takes him on a journey down the river by raft (see MYSTICAL VISION, see NAVIGATING BIG RIVERS BY NIGHT). He seeks to discover how his...
Author
Language
English
Description
"Therese Anne Fowler's It All Comes Down to This is a warm, keenly perceptive novel of sisterhood, heartbreak, home, and what it takes to remake a life at its halfway point, for fans of Ann Patchett and Emma Straub. Meet the Geller sisters: Beck, Claire, and Sophie, a trio of strong-minded women whose pragmatic, widowed mother, Marti, will be dying soon and taking her secrets with her. Marti has ensured that her modest estate is easy for her family...
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
294 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"When Ruby McTavish Callahan Woodward Miller Kenmore dies, she's not only North Carolina's richest woman, she's also its most notorious. The victim of a famous kidnapping as a child and a widow four times over, Ruby ruled the tiny town of Tavistock from Ashby House, her family's estate high in the Blue Ridge mountains. In the aftermath of her death, that estate--along with a nine-figure fortune and the complicated legacy of being a McTavish--pass...
Author
Series
[Amgash] volume 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Lucy Barton is a writer, but her ex-husband, William, remains a hard man to read. 'William,' she confesses, 'has always been a mystery to me.' Another mystery is why the two have remained connected after all these years. They just are. So Lucy is both surprised and not surprised when William asks her to join him on a trip to investigate a recently uncovered family secret - one of those secrets that rearrange everything we think we know about the...
Author
Language
English
Description
After uprooting her life in the States, Irene Steele has just settled in at the villa on St. John where her husband Russ had been living a double life. But a visit from the FBI shakes her foundations, and Irene once again learns just how little she knew about the man she loved. With help from their friends, Irene and her sons set up their lives while evidence mounts that the helicopter crash that killed Russ may not have been an accident. Meanwhile,...
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
463 p. (large print) ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"As a soldier, Cole Granger fights to restore peace to a world divided by war and evil. His extraordinary talents are enlisted to prevent the president's horrific premonition from becoming reality. Nothing--and no one--will stop him from fulfilling his duty. Especially the mysterious young woman who claims to be his comrade's sister. Enemy or ally, he can't yet determine. But one thing he knows for certain is that he must keep her close. Very close....
78) The rain watcher
Author
Language
English
Description
"The first new novel in four years from the beloved superstar author of Sarah's Key, a heartbreaking and uplifting story of family secrets and devastating disaster, in the tradition of THE NEST. "Hypnotic, passionate, ominous and tender--unforgettable." --Jenna Blum, New York Times and internationally bestselling author of Those Who Save Us The Rain Watcher is a powerful family drama set in Paris as the Malegarde family gathers to celebrate the father's...
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Pub
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
Description
Growing up, the only place tomboy Thayer Wentworth felt at home was at her summer camp - Camp Sherwood Forest in the North Carolina Mountains. It was there that she came alive and where she met Nick Abrams, her first love...and first heartbreak. Years later, Thayer marries Aengus, an Irish professor, and they move into her deceased grandmother's house in Atlanta, only miles from Camp Edgewood on Burnt Mountain where her father died years ago in a...
Author
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"Piper Manning's about as tough as they come, she's had to be. She raised her siblings and they've thankfully flown the coop. All she has to do is finish fixing up the lake house her grandparents left her, sell it, and then she's free. When a massive storm hits, she runs into a tall, dark and brooding stranger, Camden Reid. There's a spark there, one that shocks her. Surprising her further, her sister and brother return, each of them holding their...